Sentences with phrase «shallow coral fringed»

From shallow coral fringed island to sunken wrecks.

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The islands are surrounded by shallow water, fringing coral reefs where diving depths reach 20 meters and visibility is around 10 - 15 meters.

With three marine reserves to choose from, each full of hidden islands, bays and beaches surrounded by shallow fringing corals, we have an unbeatable range of sites to dive and snorkel, all filled with a stunning variety of fascinating sea life.

There are four types of diving environments in the archipelago: first are the shallow inshore fringing island reefs where visibility is often poor but the diversity of marine life is unsurpassed; second are the offshore fringing reefs where the visibility is considerably better, and the coral much healthier; third are the pinnacles and small rocky islands which rise from the depths and attract larger marine life such as sharks and rays; and fourth are the banks which rise up from depths of over 300 meters and attract different types of marine life altogether.

In many places, the islands are fringed with shallow coral gardens, where hard and soft corals and sponges prosper harmoniously among myriad marine life.

50 miles from the nearest city and largely unexplored, our barrier reef stretches from the town of Puerto Viejo to the Panamanian boarder and offers you more than 25 fixed dive locations ranging from shallow coral gardens to deep, fringing reefs and vertical walls dropping to over 130 feet!

In many places, the islands are fringed with shallow coral gardens, where hard and soft corals thrive.

The barrier reef stretches from the town of Puerto Viejo to the Panamanian boarder and offers you more than 25 fixed dive locations ranging from shallow coral gardens to deep fringing reefs and vertical walls dropping to over 140 feet!

Navigating through the narrow shallow pass, we enter the blue lagoon full with coral heads and rocks and head for a long white sandy beach fringed with coconut palms.

Coral reefs - Rock - like limestone (calcium carbonate) structures built by corals along ocean coasts (fringing reefs) or on top of shallow, submerged banks or shelves (barrier reefs, atolls), most conspicuous in tropical and sub-tropical oceans.

As the island sinks, the fringing reef continues to grow upwards so the living corals stay in shallow water.